CodeRush - Commenting out whole sections of code

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Is there a way to comment out a chunk of code quickly using CodeRush ?

        'For narCounter = 0 To UBound(arPDFFiles)
        '    'Add the PDF File Names to the Data Table.
        '    rowPDF = dtPDF.NewRow
        '    rowPDF("PDFDocument") = arPDFFiles(narCounter)
        '    dtPDF.Rows.Add(rowPDF)
        'Next

Why not add your comment as an answer ? – cometbill Apr 07 '11 at 12:39 — cometbill, Apr 07 '11 at 12:39

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '11 at 12:28

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Yes, the CodeRush Pro has the Selection Comment feature. This feature adds the capability to quickly comment or uncomment a multi-line block of code (or any text in the code editor) via a single shortcut. In Visual Basic, it is (‘)(Apostrophe) and in CSharp (or C++), it is (/) (Slash). Note that if you are using CodeRush Xpress, it doesn't have this feature. Here is some more info on this.

answered Apr 07 '11 at 12:28

Alex Skorkin

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Additionally it should be noted that if you are based using a uk keyboard the VB.Net binding is by default set to # rather than ' – Rory Becker Apr 07 '11 at 13:09
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This is due to the way keybindings are stored. the US code for ' and the Uk code for # are apparently the same. – Rory Becker Apr 07 '11 at 13:10

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 07 '11 at 20:37

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Yes, this can be done using CodeRush. Select a code and press the ' button.

edited Apr 07 '11 at 20:37

Ruben Bartelink

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answered Apr 07 '11 at 12:25

DevExpress Team

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See my comment on Alex's Answer – Rory Becker Apr 07 '11 at 13:11

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 07 '11 at 12:44

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You can use Ctr+E, C which is already built into Visual Studio

answered Apr 07 '11 at 12:44

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The CodeRush shortcut (') is easier, and a lot more intuitive. – cometbill Apr 07 '11 at 13:37
@cometbill: To a vb developer it might be more intuitive, but for a c# developer maybe not. To be honest I didn't know about that shortcut myself, and I use CodeRush quite a bit. – Nils Magne Lunde Apr 07 '11 at 14:26
The C# shortcut to the same feature is / (slash). This is the same key as used in making single line comments in c# itself. This allows the Learning curve to be very low in this area. – Rory Becker Apr 07 '11 at 15:19
I suspect @cometbill references the '(apostrophe) because he is a vb dev. His original question related to VB.net, but we've obviously considered c# devs in our implementation. – Rory Becker Apr 07 '11 at 15:20
Hey Ole_Brun could you contact me via email (roryb@devexpress.com) and I'll see if I can't find out what's wrong here. It's almost sounds like a VB user has been messing with your settings. :) – Rory Becker Apr 07 '11 at 15:41

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 07 '11 at 20:39

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Ctrl K + C in VS does this too.

answered Apr 07 '11 at 20:39

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CodeRush - Commenting out whole sections of code

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